Gregg Berhalter has been the U.S. Men’s National Team head coach for a year. In and of itself, that feels rather staggering — time certainly moves fast these days! It has been a turbulent first year in charge, to say the least.
It all started so well. Three wins from four, clean sheets in three of those four, unbeaten across the board. Berhalter was instilling a culture and style that yielded winning, even if the performances left a little to be desired.
But without sufficient time on the training ground, something that the former Columbus Crew manager is used to, it was difficult to establish a well-defined tactical approach.